1 00:00:09,189 --> 00:00:21,280 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:29,019 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:30,089 >> John: HI THERE! 4 00:00:30,109 --> 00:00:31,170 WELCOME TO THE SHOW, 5 00:00:31,190 --> 00:00:32,250 STILL STUCK IN THIS BLANK VOID. 6 00:00:32,270 --> 00:00:34,030 TV'S GREATEST CELEBRATION OF 7 00:00:34,049 --> 00:00:35,000 WHITE EMPTINESS SINCE 8 00:00:35,020 --> 00:00:36,270 "EMILY IN PARIS." 9 00:00:36,289 --> 00:00:38,049 LOOK, IT'S BEEN AN UNPLEASANT 10 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:39,189 WEEK, FROM NEW YORK GOVERNOR 11 00:00:39,210 --> 00:00:40,049 ANDREW CUOMO ADMITTING TO 12 00:00:40,070 --> 00:00:41,070 WITHHOLDING INFORMATION ABOUT 13 00:00:41,090 --> 00:00:42,219 COVID DEATHS IN NURSING HOMES, 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:43,270 TO THE RELEASE OF GRIM 15 00:00:43,289 --> 00:00:44,270 UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, 16 00:00:44,289 --> 00:00:46,039 TO THE DEATH OF RUSH LIMBAUGH. 17 00:00:46,060 --> 00:00:46,200 SO, Y'KNOW... 18 00:00:46,219 --> 00:00:51,219 EH. 19 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,079 BUT WE ARE GOING TO START 20 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:54,009 TONIGHT WITH THIS. 21 00:00:54,030 --> 00:00:54,250 >> NATIONWIDE MISERY. 22 00:00:54,270 --> 00:00:55,210 NASTY WEATHER PUMMELING 23 00:00:55,229 --> 00:00:56,109 THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 24 00:00:56,130 --> 00:00:57,179 >> MORE THAN 200 MILLION 25 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:58,049 AMERICANS ON ALERT 26 00:00:58,070 --> 00:00:58,270 COAST TO COAST. 27 00:00:58,289 --> 00:01:00,149 SNOW AND ICE SENDING BIG RIGS 28 00:01:00,170 --> 00:01:01,210 OUT OF CONTROL ON THE ROADS. 29 00:01:01,229 --> 00:01:03,119 >> IN NASHVILLE, HOME SECURITY 30 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:05,079 VIDEO CAPTURES A TRUCK SLIDING 31 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:05,280 SIDEWAYS DOWN A RESIDENTIAL 32 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,209 STREET. 33 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:09,069 >> John: WOW. 34 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:10,289 I KNOW THAT TRUCK IS SLOW-MOTION 35 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:12,060 TOKYO DRIFTING BECAUSE THE 36 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:14,120 ROAD IS ICY, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO 37 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:15,099 THINK IT HAD JUST HAD ENOUGH AND 38 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,010 IS PEACING OUT. 39 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:18,230 "DON, SHERYL, YOU'VE BEEN 40 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:20,060 PERFECTLY FINE OWNERS, BUT 41 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:21,109 THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE TO LIFE 42 00:01:21,129 --> 00:01:22,069 THAN THIS, SO FRANKLY, I'M OUT 43 00:01:22,090 --> 00:01:23,000 OF HERE. 44 00:01:23,019 --> 00:01:26,049 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SUUUCKS." 45 00:01:26,069 --> 00:01:29,090 NOW SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CAUSED 46 00:01:29,109 --> 00:01:30,260 CHAOS THIS WEEK, AND NOWHERE 47 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,189 MORE SO THAN TEXAS. 48 00:01:32,210 --> 00:01:33,270 >> DAY FIVE OF THE POWER CRISIS 49 00:01:33,289 --> 00:01:34,280 IN TEXAS. 50 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:35,259 DAY FIVE. 51 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,280 >> NOW, WE COULD TELL YOU HOW 52 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,109 COLD IT IS, BUT MAYBE THESE 53 00:01:38,129 --> 00:01:39,000 STUNNING IMAGES TELL THE STORY 54 00:01:39,020 --> 00:01:39,229 BETTER. 55 00:01:39,250 --> 00:01:41,049 BURST PIPES CAUSED ICICLES ON 56 00:01:41,069 --> 00:01:43,289 THIS CEILING FAN. 57 00:01:44,009 --> 00:01:46,000 LOOK AT THIS -- YEP, THAT'S ICE 58 00:01:46,020 --> 00:01:46,219 COMING OUT OF THIS BATHROOM 59 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,099 FAUCET. 60 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,109 AND CHECK OUT THIS CAR WASH IN 61 00:01:49,129 --> 00:01:50,270 AUSTIN. 62 00:01:50,289 --> 00:01:52,039 THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS 63 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:53,170 PICTURE SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL 64 00:01:53,189 --> 00:01:54,140 SAYING, "GUESS I'LL WAIT 'TIL 65 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:55,159 NEXT WEEK." 66 00:01:55,180 --> 00:01:56,129 >> John: YEAH, MAYBE DO THAT. 67 00:01:56,150 --> 00:01:57,140 MAYBE WAIT UNTIL YOUR CAR WASH 68 00:01:57,159 --> 00:01:58,270 STOPS LOOKING LIKE A MIDDLE 69 00:01:58,289 --> 00:01:59,280 SCHOOL WENT OVER BUDGET ON THEIR 70 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,159 PRODUCTION OF "FROZEN." 71 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:02,280 YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE 72 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,049 DRIVING INTO SOMETHING THAT 73 00:02:04,069 --> 00:02:05,049 LOOKS LIKE THE ASSHOLE OF SULLY 74 00:02:05,069 --> 00:02:07,189 FROM "MONSTERS, INC." 75 00:02:07,209 --> 00:02:09,129 TEXAS SAW A FULL-BLOWN 76 00:02:09,150 --> 00:02:10,250 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THIS WEEK, 77 00:02:10,270 --> 00:02:12,169 WITH MANY LOSING ELECTRICITY AND 78 00:02:12,189 --> 00:02:13,219 ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, HOSPITALS 79 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,199 HAVING TO EVACUATE PATIENTS, AND 80 00:02:14,219 --> 00:02:16,129 DOZENS OF DEATHS. 81 00:02:16,150 --> 00:02:17,240 AND IF YOU WATCHED FOX NEWS, 82 00:02:17,259 --> 00:02:19,060 THERE WAS ONE CULPRIT FOR ALL OF 83 00:02:19,079 --> 00:02:20,090 THIS: GREEN ENERGY. 84 00:02:20,110 --> 00:02:21,199 BECAUSE MULTIPLE HOSTS PLACED 85 00:02:21,219 --> 00:02:23,280 THE BLAME FIRMLY ON FROZEN WIND 86 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,120 TURBINES, AND NONE MORE LOUDLY 87 00:02:25,139 --> 00:02:26,219 THAN THIS GUY. 88 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,229 >> THE WINDMILLS FAILED LIKE THE 89 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:30,159 SILLY FASHION ACCESSORIES THEY 90 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:32,079 ARE AND PEOPLE IN TEXAS DIED. 91 00:02:32,099 --> 00:02:34,020 GREEN ENERGY MEANS A LESS 92 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:37,060 RELIABLE POWER GRID, PERIOD. 93 00:02:37,079 --> 00:02:39,180 IT MEANS FAILURES LIKE THE ONES 94 00:02:39,199 --> 00:02:40,050 WE'RE SEEING NOW IN TEXAS. 95 00:02:40,069 --> 00:02:41,060 THAT'S NOT A TALKING POINT, 96 00:02:41,079 --> 00:02:42,079 IT'S NOT A POLITICAL SLOGAN, 97 00:02:42,099 --> 00:02:43,090 WE'RE NOT TAKING MONEY FROM 98 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:45,219 EXXONMOBIL TO SAY IT. 99 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,139 AGAIN, THAT IS TRUE. 100 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:50,020 IT'S SCIENCE. 101 00:02:50,039 --> 00:02:51,250 >> John: OKAY, FIRST, WE KNOW 102 00:02:51,270 --> 00:02:52,129 EXXONMOBIL'S NOT PAYING YOU. 103 00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:53,099 ALMOST NO ONE IS. 104 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,189 YOUR SHOW'S LOST SO MANY 105 00:02:54,210 --> 00:02:55,210 ADVERTISERS, YOU'RE BASICALLY 106 00:02:55,229 --> 00:02:56,069 BEING BANKROLLED BY A MAN 107 00:02:56,090 --> 00:02:57,079 IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP 108 00:02:57,099 --> 00:02:58,210 WITH A PILLOW. 109 00:02:58,229 --> 00:03:00,039 SECOND, JUST BECAUSE YOU LOUDLY 110 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:01,229 INSIST SOMETHING "IS SCIENCE" 111 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,039 DOESN'T MAKE IT SCIENCE. 112 00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:04,180 THAT'S SCIENCE! 113 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:06,110 AND FINALLY, CALLING WINDMILLS 114 00:03:06,129 --> 00:03:07,159 "SILLY FASHION ACCESSORIES" IS 115 00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:09,050 JUST ABSURD. 116 00:03:09,069 --> 00:03:10,080 THE ONLY TIME YOU COULD 117 00:03:10,099 --> 00:03:11,110 CONCEIVABLY MAKE THAT CLAIM WAS 118 00:03:11,129 --> 00:03:12,250 WHEN THE "BACHELOR" 119 00:03:12,270 --> 00:03:14,090 CONTESTANT DEANDRA DRESSED UP 120 00:03:14,110 --> 00:03:15,259 AS A WINDMILL FOR HER NIGHT ONE 121 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,110 ENTRANCE IN THE CLEAR ALLUSION 122 00:03:17,129 --> 00:03:18,030 TO PETER AND HANNAH'S FANTASY 123 00:03:18,050 --> 00:03:19,060 SUITE FUCKFEST. 124 00:03:19,079 --> 00:03:21,250 AND EVEN THEN, IT'S NOT SILLY. 125 00:03:21,270 --> 00:03:23,060 IT'S HORNY. 126 00:03:23,079 --> 00:03:24,110 THOSE WINDMILL CLAIMS WERE EVEN 127 00:03:24,129 --> 00:03:26,009 REPEATED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR 128 00:03:26,030 --> 00:03:27,020 GREG ABBOTT, WHO TOLD 129 00:03:27,039 --> 00:03:28,170 SEAN HANNITY, THIS SHOWS HOW 130 00:03:28,189 --> 00:03:30,229 THE GREEN NEW DEAL WOULD 131 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:31,050 BE A DEADLY DEAL. 132 00:03:31,069 --> 00:03:32,120 BUT HE KNOWS THAT'S HORSESHIT. 133 00:03:32,139 --> 00:03:34,060 TEXAS ONLY RELIES ON WIND POWER 134 00:03:34,079 --> 00:03:35,000 FOR ABOUT 25% OF ITS 135 00:03:35,020 --> 00:03:36,289 ELECTRICITY. 136 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:39,069 THE VAST MAJORITY COMES FROM 137 00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:40,069 THERMAL HEAT SOURCES LIKE 138 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:41,240 NATURAL GAS, COAL, AND NUCLEAR. 139 00:03:41,259 --> 00:03:43,030 AND ALL OF THOSE WERE UTTERLY 140 00:03:43,050 --> 00:03:45,139 HOBBLED BY THE COLD THIS WEEK. 141 00:03:45,159 --> 00:03:47,009 EVEN IF EVERY WIND TURBINE IN 142 00:03:47,030 --> 00:03:48,229 TEXAS HAD KEPT SPINNING, 143 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:49,270 THE STATE STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN 144 00:03:49,289 --> 00:03:51,090 IN DEEP SHIT. 145 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:52,240 AND THERE WERE SOME UNIQUELY 146 00:03:52,259 --> 00:03:54,240 TEXAN ISSUES AT WORK HERE THAT 147 00:03:54,259 --> 00:03:56,090 MADE THIS THE CALAMITY IT WAS. 148 00:03:56,110 --> 00:03:57,240 STARTING WITH THIS. 149 00:03:57,259 --> 00:03:59,139 >> MOST OF TEXAS RUNS ON ITS OWN 150 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:00,129 POWER GRID SEPARATE FROM THE 151 00:04:00,150 --> 00:04:02,000 REST OF THE COUNTRY. 152 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:03,229 STATE LEADERS DESIGNED IT THIS 153 00:04:03,250 --> 00:04:04,090 WAY TO AVOID FEDERAL 154 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:06,060 REGULATION. 155 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,250 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE. 156 00:04:07,270 --> 00:04:09,139 TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE 157 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:10,280 IN THE LOWER 48 NOT 158 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:11,280 ON THE FEDERAL POWER GRID. 159 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 AND SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU'RE 160 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:13,289 THE ONLY ONE DOING SOMETHING, 161 00:04:14,009 --> 00:04:14,210 YOU'RE A PIONEER. 162 00:04:14,229 --> 00:04:15,159 BUT SOMETIMES, YOU MIGHT BE AN 163 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:16,120 IDIOT. 164 00:04:16,139 --> 00:04:17,250 IF YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON TRYING 165 00:04:17,269 --> 00:04:19,040 TO SET THE WORLD RECORD FOR 166 00:04:19,060 --> 00:04:20,189 BEING COVERED IN THE MOST BEES, 167 00:04:20,209 --> 00:04:22,139 MAYBE ASK YOURSELF, "WHAT AM I 168 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,089 TRYING TO PROVE HERE EXACTLY? 169 00:04:24,110 --> 00:04:26,100 WHY AM I LIKE THIS?" 170 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,069 BECAUSE THAT INDEPENDENCE MEANT 171 00:04:28,089 --> 00:04:29,250 THAT TEXAS WAS LIMITED IN ITS 172 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:31,040 ABILITY TO IMPORT ENERGY FROM 173 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:32,220 NEIGHBORING STATES. 174 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,120 AND IT ALSO MEANT THAT THERE WAS 175 00:04:34,139 --> 00:04:35,090 SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON ERCOT, 176 00:04:35,110 --> 00:04:36,189 THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES THE 177 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,209 STATE'S GRID. 178 00:04:38,230 --> 00:04:39,290 ERCOT SCRAMBLED TO MEET SURGING 179 00:04:40,009 --> 00:04:41,159 DEMAND, AND HAVE SINCE ADMITTED 180 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:43,029 TEXAS WAS "SECONDS AND MINUTES" 181 00:04:43,050 --> 00:04:43,230 AWAY FROM CATASTROPHIC 182 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:45,240 MONTH-LONG BLACKOUTS. 183 00:04:45,259 --> 00:04:46,290 WHICH IS A BIG SHIFT FROM HOW 184 00:04:47,009 --> 00:04:48,129 THEY WERE TALKING LAST WEEKEND, 185 00:04:48,149 --> 00:04:49,199 WHEN THEY WERE HAVING FUN 186 00:04:49,220 --> 00:04:51,199 TWEETING OUT PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE 187 00:04:51,220 --> 00:04:52,189 ENERGY-SAVING HINTS LIKE, 188 00:04:52,209 --> 00:04:53,279 "UNPLUG THE FANCY NEW APPLIANCES 189 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,040 YOU BOUGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC 190 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:57,149 AND ONLY USED ONCE." 191 00:04:57,170 --> 00:04:59,110 AND I'M SORRY, BUT A KITCHENAID 192 00:04:59,129 --> 00:05:00,040 ARTISAN DESIGN SERIES 5 193 00:05:00,060 --> 00:05:01,050 QUART TILT-HEAD STAND MIXER 194 00:05:01,069 --> 00:05:02,139 WITH GLASS BOWL IS NOT 195 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,279 JUST A FANCY APPLIANCE. 196 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,089 IT'S GOT TEN SPEEDS AND COMES 197 00:05:05,110 --> 00:05:06,100 WITH A BEATER, DOUGH HOOK, 198 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,170 AND A WIRE WHISK. 199 00:05:07,189 --> 00:05:08,209 NO ONE'S USING THAT ONCE. 200 00:05:08,230 --> 00:05:10,000 YOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE 201 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:11,189 FIGHTING OVER THAT WHEN YOU DIE. 202 00:05:11,209 --> 00:05:13,199 ALSO, NOT TO BE A TOTAL BITCH, 203 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:15,170 BUT WHO TOOK THAT PHOTO? 204 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:17,189 THE FRAMING'S TRASH, YOU CAN 205 00:05:17,209 --> 00:05:18,259 BARELY SEE THE PLUG -- IT LOOKS 206 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:19,230 LIKE MARTHA STEWART'S 207 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:20,110 SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE SHE HIRED 208 00:05:20,129 --> 00:05:21,139 A FOOD STYLIST. 209 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,290 AND YEAH, WE REMEMBER THOSE 210 00:05:23,009 --> 00:05:25,029 DAYS, MARTHA. 211 00:05:25,050 --> 00:05:27,259 YOUR SHIT WAS VILE BACK THEN. 212 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:28,279 THE POINT IS, ERCOT WAS NOT 213 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,259 PREPARED FOR THIS STORM. 214 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:31,230 BUT THEY ALSO WEREN'T ALONE IN 215 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:32,269 THAT. 216 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,060 BECAUSE WHILE ERCOT MANAGES 217 00:05:34,079 --> 00:05:36,019 THE GRID, IT DOESN'T MANAGE THE 218 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,100 POWER COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY IT. 219 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,100 SO IT COULD NOT COMPEL COMPANIES 220 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,220 TO WINTERIZE FACILITIES SO THEY 221 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,019 WOULDN'T GO DOWN DURING A STORM. 222 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,240 THE STATE HAD LEFT THAT CHOICE 223 00:05:44,259 --> 00:05:46,139 UP TO POWER COMPANIES, MANY OF 224 00:05:46,159 --> 00:05:47,189 WHICH OPTED AGAINST THE 225 00:05:47,209 --> 00:05:48,129 UPGRADES BECAUSE THEY WERE 226 00:05:48,149 --> 00:05:49,259 EXPENSIVE. 227 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,040 AND WHILE THIS STORM 228 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:51,269 WAS UNUSUALLY STRONG, 229 00:05:51,290 --> 00:05:54,100 IT ALSO WASN'T UNPRECEDENTED. 230 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,230 TEN YEARS AGO, TEXAS WAS HIT 231 00:05:55,250 --> 00:05:57,019 WITH A STORM THAT PARALYZED 232 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,009 THE STATE. 233 00:05:58,029 --> 00:05:59,149 AFTER WHICH, FEDERAL REGULATORS 234 00:05:59,170 --> 00:06:00,290 WARNED THAT THEIR POWER PLANTS 235 00:06:01,009 --> 00:06:02,079 NEEDED TO WINTERIZE TO PREVENT 236 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:03,069 THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. 237 00:06:03,089 --> 00:06:05,040 AND STATE OFFICIALS KNEW FULL 238 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,160 WELL WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THEY 239 00:06:06,180 --> 00:06:08,040 DIDN'T ACT. 240 00:06:08,060 --> 00:06:09,110 >> WE'VE GOT TO LEARN FROM IT 241 00:06:09,129 --> 00:06:10,120 AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS 242 00:06:10,139 --> 00:06:11,189 HAPPENS AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S 243 00:06:11,209 --> 00:06:12,139 ONE YEAR FROM NOW, TEN YEARS 244 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,060 FROM NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE THIS 245 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:15,019 HAPPEN AGAIN. 246 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,060 THERE'S REALLY NO EXCUSE, 247 00:06:17,079 --> 00:06:18,259 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THAT 248 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,019 A FACILITY SHOULD GO OFF WHEN 249 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:20,290 YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO FREEZE 250 00:06:21,009 --> 00:06:21,290 A WEEK OUT. 251 00:06:22,009 --> 00:06:22,250 >> John: THAT HEARING WAS 252 00:06:22,269 --> 00:06:23,269 TEN YEARS TO THE DAY BEFORE THIS 253 00:06:23,290 --> 00:06:25,029 STORM HIT. 254 00:06:25,050 --> 00:06:26,069 SO TEXAS HAD A DECADE TO 255 00:06:26,089 --> 00:06:29,009 PREPARE, AND IT DIDN'T. 256 00:06:29,029 --> 00:06:29,279 AND YOU CAN GET A LOT DONE 257 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,290 IN TEN YEARS! 258 00:06:31,009 --> 00:06:31,290 LOOK AT BEYONCE. 259 00:06:32,009 --> 00:06:33,069 IN THE LAST DECADE, SHE 260 00:06:33,090 --> 00:06:34,069 ANNOUNCED SHE WAS PREGNANT 261 00:06:34,090 --> 00:06:35,069 IN THE COOLEST WAY POSSIBLE. 262 00:06:35,090 --> 00:06:36,009 PERFORMED AT TWO SUPER BOWL 263 00:06:36,029 --> 00:06:37,060 HALFTIMES. 264 00:06:37,079 --> 00:06:38,040 WATCHED SOLANGE KICK THE SHIT 265 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:39,050 OUT OF HER HUSBAND AND THEN MADE 266 00:06:39,069 --> 00:06:40,230 A WHOLE ALBUM ABOUT IT. 267 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:42,220 INVENTED THE COLOR YELLOW AND 268 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,189 FOUNDED THE COACHELLA MUSIC 269 00:06:44,209 --> 00:06:45,230 FESTIVAL AND WAS IN A FILM WITH 270 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:48,139 THE WORLD'S GREATEST ACTOR. 271 00:06:48,159 --> 00:06:49,159 SHE GOT A LOT DONE. 272 00:06:49,180 --> 00:06:51,139 SHE PROBABLY COULD'VE WINTERIZED 273 00:06:51,159 --> 00:06:52,019 TEXAS' POWER PLANTS IF ANYONE 274 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:57,000 HAD JUST THOUGHT TO ASK HER. 275 00:06:57,019 --> 00:06:58,180 SO MUCH OF THE PROBLEMS THIS 276 00:06:58,199 --> 00:06:59,120 WEEK STEMMED FROM TEXAS'S STATE 277 00:06:59,139 --> 00:07:00,019 PHILOSOPHY OF "EVERY MAN FOR 278 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:00,290 HIMSELF." 279 00:07:01,009 --> 00:07:02,029 AND THAT ATTITUDE HAS DEFINED 280 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:03,279 THE RESPONSE FROM THEIR 281 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:04,209 OFFICIALS, TOO. 282 00:07:04,230 --> 00:07:06,029 ONE MAYOR EVEN POSTED, "NO ONE 283 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:07,120 OWES YOU OR YOUR FAMILY 284 00:07:07,139 --> 00:07:08,259 ANYTHING; NOR IS IT THE LOCAL 285 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,019 GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO 286 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,139 SUPPORT YOU DURING TRYING TIMES 287 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,019 LIKE THIS." 288 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,129 THE BACKLASH TO THAT WAS SO 289 00:07:14,149 --> 00:07:16,050 FEROCIOUS, HE HAD TO RESIGN. 290 00:07:16,069 --> 00:07:18,100 AND THEN THERE WAS THE SAGA OF 291 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,250 TED FUCKING CRUZ. 292 00:07:20,269 --> 00:07:22,149 HE FLED THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY, 293 00:07:22,170 --> 00:07:24,240 AND TOOK HIS FAMILY TO CANCUN. 294 00:07:24,259 --> 00:07:25,240 AND WHEN PHOTOS OF HIM ON THE 295 00:07:25,259 --> 00:07:27,000 PLANE EMERGED, HE CAME BACK 296 00:07:27,019 --> 00:07:27,290 THE NEXT DAY, INITIALLY IMPLYING 297 00:07:28,009 --> 00:07:29,139 THAT HIS PLAN HAD ALWAYS BEEN 298 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,029 JUST TO DROP HIS FAMILY OFF AND 299 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:32,189 COME BACK -- A CLAIM THAT NEVER 300 00:07:32,209 --> 00:07:34,060 RANG TRUE, CONSIDERING HE'D 301 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:35,149 PACKED THIS SUITCASE. 302 00:07:35,170 --> 00:07:37,000 SURE ENOUGH, HE EVENTUALLY 303 00:07:37,019 --> 00:07:38,090 ADMITTED HE'D PLANNED TO STAY 304 00:07:38,110 --> 00:07:39,220 THE WHOLE TIME, AND BLAMED HIS 305 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,060 PRETEEN DAUGHTERS FOR THE TRIP, 306 00:07:41,079 --> 00:07:43,170 SAYING THEY HAD ASKED HIM TO GO, 307 00:07:43,189 --> 00:07:44,170 AND "I WAS TRYING TO BE A DAD." 308 00:07:44,189 --> 00:07:46,019 BECAUSE THE FIRST RULE OF 309 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,000 FATHERHOOD IS: THROW YOUR 310 00:07:47,019 --> 00:07:51,230 DAUGHTERS UNDER THE BUS. 311 00:07:51,250 --> 00:07:52,139 AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY. 312 00:07:52,159 --> 00:07:53,149 BUT EVENTUALLY, WE GOT THE FULL 313 00:07:53,170 --> 00:07:54,279 STORY OF HOW THE TRIP HAPPENED, 314 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,009 IN SPECTACULAR FASHION, AS 315 00:07:56,029 --> 00:07:56,240 HEIDI CRUZ'S GROUP CHAT WITH 316 00:07:56,259 --> 00:07:57,250 HER FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS 317 00:07:57,269 --> 00:07:58,250 LEAKED. 318 00:07:58,269 --> 00:08:00,170 >> MRS. CRUZ, TELLING FRIENDS 319 00:08:00,189 --> 00:08:02,040 HER HOUSE WAS FREEZING, 320 00:08:02,060 --> 00:08:03,290 PROPOSING A VACATION UNTIL 321 00:08:04,009 --> 00:08:05,019 SUNDAY, AND INVITING OTHERS 322 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,040 TO JOIN THE CRUZES AT 323 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:07,139 THE RITZ CARLTON IN CANCUN, 324 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,019 WHERE THEY'D STAYED BEFORE. 325 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,029 SHE FLOATED A DIRECT FLIGHT 326 00:08:11,050 --> 00:08:12,110 AND HOTELS WITH CAPACITY. 327 00:08:12,129 --> 00:08:14,040 SERIOUSLY. 328 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,209 >> John: I MEAN, THAT'S JUST 329 00:08:15,230 --> 00:08:16,250 INCREDIBLE. 330 00:08:16,269 --> 00:08:18,180 TED CRUZ -- WHO, REMEMBER, WANTS 331 00:08:18,199 --> 00:08:19,230 TO BE PRESIDENT -- TOLD THE 332 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:21,089 WORLD HE WAS BULLIED INTO 333 00:08:21,110 --> 00:08:22,139 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BY TWEENS, 334 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,149 THEN GOT CYBERBULLIED INTO 335 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:26,029 COMING HOME BY THE INTERNET, 336 00:08:26,050 --> 00:08:27,290 LEAVING HIS WIFE TO SOLO-PARENT 337 00:08:28,009 --> 00:08:29,110 TWO KIDS ON VACATION IN ANOTHER 338 00:08:29,129 --> 00:08:30,209 COUNTRY WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE 339 00:08:30,230 --> 00:08:31,180 OUT WHO IN HER MOM GROUP DOXXED 340 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:32,279 HER. 341 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,190 IT'S ALL AMAZING. 342 00:08:34,210 --> 00:08:35,279 BUT MAYBE THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE 343 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,149 OF SELF-DEFEATING TEXAN SWAGGER 344 00:08:37,169 --> 00:08:38,200 THIS WEEK ACTUALLY CAME FROM 345 00:08:38,220 --> 00:08:39,190 FORMER GOVERNOR AND 346 00:08:39,210 --> 00:08:40,090 U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY, 347 00:08:40,110 --> 00:08:41,269 RICK PERRY. 348 00:08:41,289 --> 00:08:43,070 >> PERRY SUGGESTS THAT TEXANS 349 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:44,169 PREFER BLACKOUTS TO FEDERAL 350 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:45,269 REGULATION. 351 00:08:45,289 --> 00:08:47,200 HE SAID, "TEXANS WOULD BE 352 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:49,049 WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR LONGER 353 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:49,259 THAN THREE DAYS TO KEEP THE 354 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:51,110 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF THEIR 355 00:08:51,129 --> 00:08:55,090 BUSINESS." 356 00:08:55,110 --> 00:08:55,269 >> John: OH, FUCK OFF, 357 00:08:55,289 --> 00:08:56,169 RICK PERRY. 358 00:08:56,190 --> 00:08:57,269 FAR BE IT FOR ME TO QUESTION 359 00:08:57,289 --> 00:08:58,240 THE WISDOM OF A MAN WHO FAILED 360 00:08:58,259 --> 00:08:59,250 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT TWICE, 361 00:08:59,269 --> 00:09:01,190 AND WHO CAME IN 12TH ON 362 00:09:01,210 --> 00:09:03,029 "DANCING WITH THE STARS" -- 363 00:09:03,049 --> 00:09:04,080 MEANING HE LOST TO MITT ROMNEY, 364 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,100 DONALD TRUMP, AND VANILLA ICE. 365 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,279 BUT AS EASY AS IT IS TO VENERATE 366 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,190 SACRIFICE, THE THING ABOUT 367 00:09:09,210 --> 00:09:10,269 SACRIFICE IS, PEOPLE HAVE 368 00:09:10,289 --> 00:09:12,259 TO CHOOSE TO DO IT. 369 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:14,169 AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS DIDN'T 370 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:15,120 CHOOSE TO LOSE POWER, HEAT, AND 371 00:09:15,139 --> 00:09:17,110 WATER FOR DAYS THIS WEEK. 372 00:09:17,129 --> 00:09:19,139 THIS MESS ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE 373 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,259 THOSE IN CHARGE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT 374 00:09:20,279 --> 00:09:23,019 CRITICAL LESSONS FROM TEN YEARS 375 00:09:23,039 --> 00:09:24,070 AGO, AND WHILE I'D LIKE TO THINK 376 00:09:24,090 --> 00:09:25,169 THEY'LL LEARN LESSONS FROM THIS 377 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:27,129 WEEK, REMEMBER WHO YOU'RE 378 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:28,179 DEALING WITH HERE. 379 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,230 AND RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS OF 380 00:09:29,250 --> 00:09:31,139 TEXANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING. 381 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,000 IF YOU WANT TO HELP, THERE ARE 382 00:09:35,019 --> 00:09:36,110 FEEDING TEXAS AMONG 383 00:09:36,129 --> 00:09:39,279 THEM. 384 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,289 AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE DO 385 00:09:42,009 --> 00:09:42,269 NEED HELP. 386 00:09:42,289 --> 00:09:43,220 THEY DESERVE IT. 387 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,220 JUST AS THEY DESERVE BETTER THAN 388 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,070 A PAT ON THEIR BACK 389 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:48,000 FOR THEIR 390 00:09:48,019 --> 00:09:48,250 FORTITUDE AND INDEPENDENCE 391 00:09:48,269 --> 00:09:52,039 AS THEY SHIVER TO DEATH, AND 392 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:52,240 REPRESENTATIVES WHO FUCK OFF TO 393 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:53,210 MEXICO AT THE FIRST SIGN OF 394 00:09:53,230 --> 00:09:54,110 DANGER. 395 00:09:54,129 --> 00:09:55,080 AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S UNFAIR, 396 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:55,250 TED, LET ME KNOW. 397 00:09:55,269 --> 00:09:56,250 BUT DON'T BOTHER CALLING TO 398 00:09:56,269 --> 00:09:57,080 TELL ME. 399 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:58,080 JUST HAVE HEIDI TEXT IT TO ONE 400 00:09:58,100 --> 00:09:58,269 OF HER FRIENDS. 401 00:09:58,289 --> 00:09:59,169 I'M SURE IT'LL GET BACK TO ME 402 00:09:59,190 --> 00:09:59,279 EVENTUALLY. 403 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,250 AND NOW THIS. 404 00:10:00,269 --> 00:10:01,120 ♪ ♪ 405 00:10:01,139 --> 00:10:04,110 >> Announcer: AND NOW... 406 00:10:04,129 --> 00:10:07,000 PEOPLE WHO WENT TO HARVARD. 407 00:10:07,019 --> 00:10:09,039 >> I DON'T HOLD MYSELF OUT OF 408 00:10:09,059 --> 00:10:11,080 SOME KIND OF GENIUS, BUT I WENT 409 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:11,269 TO HARVARD. 410 00:10:11,289 --> 00:10:13,149 >> I WENT TO HARVARD. 411 00:10:13,169 --> 00:10:15,059 >> I WENT TO HARVARD IN THE 412 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:15,159 MID-'90s. 413 00:10:15,179 --> 00:10:17,210 >> I WENT TO HARVARD. 414 00:10:17,230 --> 00:10:19,169 >> I SHOULD DECLARE SOMETHING, I 415 00:10:19,190 --> 00:10:20,279 AM A HARVARD GRADUATE. 416 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,139 >> I WENT TO HARVARD BUSINESS 417 00:10:22,159 --> 00:10:23,279 SCHOOL AND THAT GOT A DEGREE. 418 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,139 >> I WENT TO HARVARD BUSINESS 419 00:10:25,159 --> 00:10:26,179 SCHOOL AND WORKED AT 420 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,139 GOLDMAN SACHS. 421 00:10:27,159 --> 00:10:29,000 >> I WENT TO HARVARD BUSINESS 422 00:10:29,019 --> 00:10:30,090 SCHOOL AND WORKED AT 423 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:30,190 GOLDMAN SACHS. 424 00:10:30,210 --> 00:10:31,220 >> I WENT TO HARVARD. 425 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,210 >> I GOT TO TELL YOU, I WORKED 426 00:10:33,230 --> 00:10:34,029 AT HARVARD. 427 00:10:34,049 --> 00:10:35,269 HIS BIG ARM TRADE AND 428 00:10:35,289 --> 00:10:38,019 ECONOMICS, I WORKED AT HARVARD. 429 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:39,070 >> I WENT FOR HARVARD. 430 00:10:39,090 --> 00:10:40,250 >> I FEEL LIKE WHAT IS 431 00:10:40,269 --> 00:10:43,000 INTERESTING ABOUT ME AS I WENT 432 00:10:43,019 --> 00:10:43,200 TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. 433 00:10:43,220 --> 00:10:45,179 >> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO HARVARD 434 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:45,269 LAW SCHOOL. 435 00:10:45,289 --> 00:10:47,159 >> I DID GO TO HARVARD LAW 436 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:47,230 SCHOOL. 437 00:10:47,250 --> 00:10:50,129 >> I WENT TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. 438 00:10:50,149 --> 00:10:52,149 >> I BELIEVE IN NUMBERSND 439 00:10:52,169 --> 00:10:53,049 FACTS. 440 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:54,139 >> THAT NUMBER IS FROM HARVARD 441 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:56,190 UNIVERSITY. 442 00:10:56,210 --> 00:10:58,019 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS A 443 00:10:58,039 --> 00:10:58,080 YEAR. 444 00:10:58,100 --> 00:10:58,269 >> I WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 445 00:10:58,289 --> 00:11:01,000 ♪ ♪ 446 00:11:01,019 --> 00:11:01,269 >> John: MOVING ON. 447 00:11:01,289 --> 00:11:03,000 FOR OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT, 448 00:11:03,019 --> 00:11:03,220 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A 449 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,230 PRODUCT THAT'S WILDLY POPULAR IN 450 00:11:04,250 --> 00:11:06,019 THIS COUNTRY. 451 00:11:06,039 --> 00:11:06,230 BUT INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU WHAT 452 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:08,019 IT IS, I'D RATHER SHOW YOU AN 453 00:11:08,039 --> 00:11:09,039 AD FOR IT. 454 00:11:09,059 --> 00:11:09,259 AND I PROMISE, IF YOU'VE NEVER 455 00:11:09,279 --> 00:11:10,179 SEEN THIS COMMERCIAL BEFORE, YOU 456 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,179 WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT IT'S FOR. 457 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,019 >> MOM, I THINK TRIPPY'S BEEN 458 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:15,259 DRINKING TOO MUCH MILK. 459 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:17,190 [TRIPPY GROWLS] 460 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:30,230 [FAMILY SCREAMS] 461 00:11:30,250 --> 00:11:31,250 >> SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T FEEL 462 00:11:31,269 --> 00:11:33,190 LIKE COOKING. 463 00:11:33,210 --> 00:11:34,110 SO I'VE COME UP WITH NEW PERDUE 464 00:11:34,129 --> 00:11:35,049 ENTREES. 465 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:36,059 FRESH, COMPLETE ENTREES READY IN 466 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,039 UNDER THREE MINUTES. 467 00:11:38,059 --> 00:11:39,169 >> John: WELL, THAT TOOK A TURN. 468 00:11:39,190 --> 00:11:41,120 AND WHAT EXACTLY DOES JIM PERDUE 469 00:11:41,139 --> 00:11:42,159 THINK HE'S DOING THERE? 470 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:43,179 THAT FAMILY DOESN'T NEED ONE OF 471 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,230 YOUR SHITTY FROZEN MEALS! 472 00:11:45,250 --> 00:11:47,110 THEY NEED SOMEONE TO EXPEL 473 00:11:47,129 --> 00:11:48,049 THE LITERAL DEVIL FROM THEIR 474 00:11:48,070 --> 00:11:49,269 DEMENTED GUINEA PIG. 475 00:11:49,289 --> 00:11:51,289 PERFORM AN EXORCISM OR GET OUT 476 00:11:52,009 --> 00:11:54,110 OF THEIR HOUSE! 477 00:11:54,129 --> 00:11:56,029 THE POINT IS, OUR MAIN STORY 478 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:57,159 TONIGHT CONCERNS MEAT. 479 00:11:57,179 --> 00:11:58,129 IT'S WHAT I TECHNICALLY AM TO 480 00:11:58,149 --> 00:11:59,090 ANY ANIMAL ABOVE ME ON 481 00:11:59,110 --> 00:12:01,110 THE FOOD CHAIN. 482 00:12:01,129 --> 00:12:04,259 LIKE A BEAR, OR A TIGER, OR -- 483 00:12:04,279 --> 00:12:05,210 IF WE'RE BEING TOTALLY HONEST -- 484 00:12:05,230 --> 00:12:07,029 A MEDIUM-AGGRESSIVE PIGEON. 485 00:12:07,049 --> 00:12:07,220 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "I KNOW 486 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,120 WHERE THIS IS GOING. 487 00:12:08,139 --> 00:12:09,009 THIS IS GOING TO BE A GRIM STORY 488 00:12:09,029 --> 00:12:10,009 ABOUT THE CONDITIONS ANIMALS 489 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:12,120 FACE IN FACTORY FARMS." 490 00:12:12,139 --> 00:12:13,090 YOU'RE ACTUALLY WRONG. 491 00:12:13,110 --> 00:12:15,289 THOSE CONDITIONS ARE HORRIFIC, 492 00:12:16,009 --> 00:12:16,250 BUT THEY DO GET TALKED ABOUT A 493 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,100 LOT. 494 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,169 THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 495 00:12:18,190 --> 00:12:19,049 THE GRIM CONDITIONS HUMANS ARE 496 00:12:19,070 --> 00:12:19,230 FACING WORKING IN MEATPACKING 497 00:12:19,250 --> 00:12:20,159 FACILITIES. 498 00:12:20,179 --> 00:12:22,000 IF YOU ATE MEAT TODAY, 499 00:12:22,019 --> 00:12:23,000 IT PROBABLY WENT THROUGH 500 00:12:23,019 --> 00:12:24,039 ONE OF THEM. 501 00:12:24,059 --> 00:12:25,100 AND MEATPACKING IS A HIGHLY 502 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,080 CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRY. 503 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:28,190 ROUGHLY 85% OF BEEF PRODUCTION 504 00:12:28,210 --> 00:12:30,070 IN AMERICA IS CONTROLLED 505 00:12:30,090 --> 00:12:31,179 BY THESE FOUR COMPANIES. 506 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,179 AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE 507 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,059 CHICKEN INDUSTRY IS CONTROLLED 508 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,159 BY THESE FOUR. 509 00:12:35,179 --> 00:12:36,279 THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE 510 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,009 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS 511 00:12:38,029 --> 00:12:39,009 COUNTRY'S FOOD SUPPLY. 512 00:12:39,029 --> 00:12:40,090 AND, TO HEAR COMPANIES LIKE 513 00:12:40,110 --> 00:12:41,200 TYSON TELL IT, THEY'RE IMPORTANT 514 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,179 TO THEM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, 515 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:43,149 TOO. 516 00:12:43,169 --> 00:12:44,269 >> WE'VE ALL GOT THE SAME END 517 00:12:44,289 --> 00:12:46,059 GOAL IN MIND: PROTECT OUR TEAM 518 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,159 MEMBERS. 519 00:12:47,179 --> 00:12:49,120 THEY'RE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, 520 00:12:49,139 --> 00:12:51,149 THEY ARE OUR FAMILY. 521 00:12:51,169 --> 00:12:52,210 I SAID EARLIER THAT WE'RE A 522 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:53,200 FOOD COMPANY, BUT WE'RE A 523 00:12:53,220 --> 00:12:55,190 FAMILY, AND THAT'S GENUINELY HOW 524 00:12:55,210 --> 00:12:58,000 I FEEL AND HOW WE OPERATE. 525 00:12:58,019 --> 00:12:59,120 >> John: OKAY, IF TYSON'S 526 00:12:59,139 --> 00:13:00,220 WORKERS ARE THEIR MOST VALUABLE 527 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,129 ASSET, THEN THEIR WORKERS ARE -- 528 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:04,019 BY DEFINITION -- NOT FAMILY. 529 00:13:04,039 --> 00:13:05,000 BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST: 530 00:13:05,019 --> 00:13:05,259 NOBODY'S FAMILY IS THEIR 531 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:06,200 MOST VALUABLE ASSET. 532 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,210 IF YOU'RE GOING TO RANK 533 00:13:08,230 --> 00:13:09,100 EVERYTHING IN LIFE BY HOW MUCH 534 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:09,240 YOU VALUE IT, IT GOES: 535 00:13:09,259 --> 00:13:10,269 NUMBER ONE, YOUR PHONE; 536 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:12,169 NUMBER TWO, FOOD, WATER, AND 537 00:13:12,190 --> 00:13:13,149 SHELTER; NUMBER THREE, 538 00:13:13,169 --> 00:13:14,169 JUDI DENCH -- SHE'S A FUCKING 539 00:13:14,190 --> 00:13:15,240 TREASURE. 540 00:13:15,259 --> 00:13:17,029 AND THEN, AND ONLY THEN, 541 00:13:17,049 --> 00:13:18,100 YOUR FAMILY. 542 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,139 THAT'S JUST AN EMPIRICAL FACT. 543 00:13:20,159 --> 00:13:22,049 BUT SECOND: IT'S A LITTLE HARD 544 00:13:22,070 --> 00:13:24,139 TO TAKE TYSON'S "WORKERS ARE OUR 545 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:25,230 FAMILY" TALK, GIVEN THIS. 546 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:27,120 >> STUNNING ALLEGATIONS MADE 547 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:28,200 AGAINST MANAGERS AT THIS 548 00:13:28,220 --> 00:13:31,269 TYSON PORK PROCESSING PLANT IN 549 00:13:31,289 --> 00:13:33,019 WATERLOO, IOWA, ONE OF THE FIRST 550 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:34,019 TO SHUT DOWN WHEN THE 551 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:35,059 CORONAVIRUS RAGED UNCONTROLLABLY 552 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,269 IN THE SPRING. 553 00:13:36,289 --> 00:13:37,269 A SUPERVISOR ALLEGEDLY TAKING 554 00:13:37,289 --> 00:13:39,100 BETS ON HOW MANY WOULD CATCH 555 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,149 THE VIRUS. 556 00:13:40,169 --> 00:13:42,019 ACCORDING TO THE ALLEGATIONS, 557 00:13:42,039 --> 00:13:44,100 THE "PLANT MANAGER OF THE 558 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,090 WATERLOO FACILITY ORGANIZED A 559 00:13:46,110 --> 00:13:47,179 CASH BUY-IN, WINNER-TAKE-ALL 560 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,159 BETTING POOL FOR SUPERVISORS AND 561 00:13:48,179 --> 00:13:50,169 MANAGERS TO WAGER HOW MANY 562 00:13:50,190 --> 00:13:51,200 EMPLOYEES WOULD TEST POSITIVE 563 00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:55,179 FOR COVID-19." 564 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:56,200 >> John: HOLY SHIT. 565 00:13:56,220 --> 00:13:57,250 THAT BETTING POOL MIGHT BE 566 00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:59,059 THE MOST DISGUSTING THING EVER 567 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,200 CREATED IN A TYSON FACTORY, 568 00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:02,100 WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING, GIVEN 569 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,029 TYSON ALSO MAKES RANCH-FLAVORED 570 00:14:04,049 --> 00:14:05,139 CHICKEN CHIPS, A SNACK ONE 571 00:14:05,159 --> 00:14:06,250 CUSTOMER REVIEWED ONLINE WITH 572 00:14:06,269 --> 00:14:08,139 THE NOTE, "DISGUSTING! 573 00:14:08,159 --> 00:14:10,139 I GAGGED IN FRONT OF MY CHILD." 574 00:14:10,159 --> 00:14:11,120 THAT REVIEW IS ON TYSON'S ACTUAL 575 00:14:11,139 --> 00:14:17,039 WEBSITE! 576 00:14:17,059 --> 00:14:18,169 NOW TYSON FIRED SEVEN MANAGERS 577 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,019 AT THAT PLANT AFTER THAT 578 00:14:19,039 --> 00:14:19,159 INCIDENT. 579 00:14:19,179 --> 00:14:20,080 BUT IT SPEAKS TO A LARGER 580 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:21,190 PROBLEM IN THE INDUSTRY. 581 00:14:21,210 --> 00:14:22,090 BECAUSE WHILE COMPANIES HAVE PUT 582 00:14:22,110 --> 00:14:23,110 OUT ENDLESS PRESS STATEMENTS 583 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:24,129 ABOUT THE EXPENSE THEY'VE GONE 584 00:14:24,149 --> 00:14:25,169 TO TO PROTECT THEIR WORKERS 585 00:14:25,190 --> 00:14:26,159 DURING THE PANDEMIC, WORKERS 586 00:14:26,179 --> 00:14:27,169 THEMSELVES DISPUTE THOSE CLAIMS 587 00:14:27,190 --> 00:14:29,179 HEAVILY. 588 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,200 AND THEY'VE BEEN HIT HARD. 589 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:33,049 AS OF FEBRUARY 18TH, AT LEAST 590 00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:34,080 57,000 MEATPACKING WORKERS 591 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,289 HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, 592 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:38,110 AND AT LEAST 280 HAVE DIED. 593 00:14:38,129 --> 00:14:40,029 BUT THE BROADER TRUTH IS THAT 594 00:14:40,049 --> 00:14:41,090 THE TREATMENT OF WORKERS IN THIS 595 00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:42,169 INDUSTRY HAS BEEN VERY BAD 596 00:14:42,190 --> 00:14:44,220 FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 597 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,240 SO TONIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT THEM. 598 00:14:46,259 --> 00:14:47,250 AND LET'S START WITH HOW PLANTS 599 00:14:47,269 --> 00:14:49,200 OPERATE. 600 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:50,289 MOST FEATURE A SERIES OF LONG 601 00:14:51,009 --> 00:14:52,210 CONVEYER BELTS WITH WORKERS 602 00:14:52,230 --> 00:14:54,230 PACKED CLOSELY ALONG THE LINE, 603 00:14:54,250 --> 00:14:56,070 CHOPPING, DEBONING, OR TRIMMING 604 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:58,120 FAT, OFTEN AT BREAKNECK SPEED. 605 00:14:58,139 --> 00:14:59,220 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LINE SPEEDS 606 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,120 IN POULTRY HAVE ACTUALLY DOUBLED 607 00:15:01,139 --> 00:15:03,070 SINCE 1979, WITH WORKERS 608 00:15:03,090 --> 00:15:05,029 REPORTING AVERAGING 35-45 BIRDS 609 00:15:05,049 --> 00:15:06,269 PER MINUTE. 610 00:15:06,289 --> 00:15:07,259 THAT'S LESS THAN 2 SECONDS PER 611 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:08,269 BIRD. 612 00:15:08,289 --> 00:15:10,259 THAT'S FAST! 613 00:15:10,279 --> 00:15:12,080 IN THE TIME IT'S TAKEN ME TO 614 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:13,210 EXPLAIN LINE SPEEDS TO YOU, 615 00:15:13,230 --> 00:15:15,029 A PLANT COULD HAVE PROCESSED 616 00:15:15,049 --> 00:15:16,230 FIVE WHOLE BIRDS! 617 00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:18,009 AND LOOK, THERE'S PLENTY OF 618 00:15:18,029 --> 00:15:18,220 ACTIVITIES THAT SHOULD ONLY TAKE 619 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,000 TWO SECONDS -- CHECKING THE 620 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:21,289 TIME, CLEARING YOUR THROAT, 621 00:15:22,009 --> 00:15:22,279 DETERMINING THE WORTH OF A TOTAL 622 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:23,179 STRANGER BY HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO 623 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,129 FUCK THEM. 624 00:15:24,149 --> 00:15:26,019 HEY! 625 00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:27,279 EH, I GET IT. 626 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,049 BUT SAFELY BUTCHERING A CHICKEN 627 00:15:29,070 --> 00:15:29,289 PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ONE OF 628 00:15:30,009 --> 00:15:31,149 THEM. 629 00:15:31,169 --> 00:15:33,059 AND THANKS TO THIS RELENTLESS 630 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,220 PACE, MEATPACKING WORKERS HAVE 631 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,230 REPORTED IT CAN BE HARD TO TAKE 632 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:37,110 A BREAK, EVEN TO GO TO THE 633 00:15:37,129 --> 00:15:38,110 BATHROOM. 634 00:15:38,129 --> 00:15:39,070 WHICH MAY EXPLAIN STORIES LIKE 635 00:15:39,090 --> 00:15:40,169 THIS. 636 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:42,100 >> THIS IS SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO 637 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:43,159 GIVEN TO OUR SISTER STATION FROM 638 00:15:43,179 --> 00:15:44,159 THE SMITHFIELD PRODUCTION LINE 639 00:15:44,179 --> 00:15:46,039 IN VIRGINIA. 640 00:15:46,059 --> 00:15:47,169 IN THE VIDEO, YOU SEE THE 641 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:48,169 EMPLOYEE IN FRONT TAKE OFF HIS 642 00:15:48,190 --> 00:15:50,019 GLOVES. 643 00:15:50,039 --> 00:15:51,019 COMPANY OFFICIALS CONFIRM THE 644 00:15:51,039 --> 00:15:53,279 MAN RELIEVES HIMSELF UNDER THE 645 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,149 PRODUCTION LINE, THEN PUTS HIS 646 00:15:55,169 --> 00:15:57,029 GLOVES BACK ON AND CONTINUES TO 647 00:15:57,049 --> 00:15:58,029 WORK. 648 00:15:58,049 --> 00:15:59,059 THE WORKER AT THE CENTER OF 649 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,149 ALL THIS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED 650 00:16:00,169 --> 00:16:01,179 PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE 651 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,250 INVESTIGATION. 652 00:16:03,269 --> 00:16:05,279 >> THAT IS DISGUSTING. 653 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:06,210 >> John: WELL, YEAH, IT IS. 654 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:07,240 THE COMBINATION OF URINE AND 655 00:16:07,259 --> 00:16:09,080 PORK IS A BIT UPSETTING. 656 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,139 IT'S ONE OF THE MANY REASONS 657 00:16:10,159 --> 00:16:12,070 I HAVE NO INTEREST IN SEEING 658 00:16:12,090 --> 00:16:14,029 MISS PIGGY'S SEX TAPE. 659 00:16:14,049 --> 00:16:14,289 BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT THAT MAN 660 00:16:15,009 --> 00:16:15,279 URINATED UNDER THE PRODUCTION 661 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,090 LINE. 662 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,039 IT'S THAT HE WAS PUT IN A 663 00:16:18,059 --> 00:16:19,019 POSITION WHERE HE MAY'VE FELT 664 00:16:19,039 --> 00:16:20,169 LIKE HE HAD TO. 665 00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:21,250 THAT'S ACTUALLY A PROBLEM ACROSS 666 00:16:21,269 --> 00:16:22,210 THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY. 667 00:16:22,230 --> 00:16:24,049 OXFAM RELEASED A REPORT 668 00:16:24,070 --> 00:16:26,019 DETAILING EXACTLY HOW GRIM 669 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:27,139 CONDITIONS CAN BE FOR POULTRY 670 00:16:27,159 --> 00:16:29,179 WORKERS, WITH ONE DETAIL IN 671 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,059 PARTICULAR THAT HIT THIS LOCAL 672 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,169 MICHIGAN TALK SHOW HARD. 673 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:34,269 >> POULTRY INDUSTRY WORKERS ARE 674 00:16:34,289 --> 00:16:36,049 PUT THROUGH SUCH EXTREMES THAT 675 00:16:36,070 --> 00:16:37,159 THEY'RE DENIED BATHROOM BREAKS, 676 00:16:37,179 --> 00:16:39,000 MANY WEARING DIAPERS DURING 677 00:16:39,019 --> 00:16:40,009 THEIR WORK DAY. 678 00:16:40,029 --> 00:16:41,200 >> OH, MY GOODNESS! 679 00:16:41,220 --> 00:16:43,070 I KNOW THAT PEOPLE NEED JOBS AND 680 00:16:43,090 --> 00:16:44,120 THEY NEED TO BE EMPLOYED. 681 00:16:44,139 --> 00:16:47,080 BUT TO HAVE TO STAND IN YOUR 682 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:48,129 OWN STUFF WHILE YOU'RE WORKING? 683 00:16:48,149 --> 00:16:49,240 >> MY MIND IS RACING WHILE 684 00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:50,240 YOU'RE SHARING THOSE DETAILS. 685 00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:51,230 I'M THINKING, SURELY THIS IS NOT 686 00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:52,250 IN OUR COUNTRY. 687 00:16:52,269 --> 00:16:53,200 >> John: OKAY, I GET THE SHOCK 688 00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:57,210 THERE. 689 00:16:57,230 --> 00:16:58,169 I REALLY DO. 690 00:16:58,190 --> 00:16:59,159 BUT THE THING IS, THIS IS 691 00:16:59,179 --> 00:17:00,169 TOTALLY OUR COUNTRY. 692 00:17:00,190 --> 00:17:01,129 WE LIVE IN A NATION WHERE 693 00:17:01,149 --> 00:17:02,159 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 694 00:17:02,179 --> 00:17:03,250 HOMELESS SLEEP ON THE STREETS, 695 00:17:03,269 --> 00:17:04,230 PEOPLE HAVE TO LAUNCH GOFUNDME 696 00:17:04,250 --> 00:17:05,289 CAMPAIGNS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, 697 00:17:06,009 --> 00:17:07,210 AND WHERE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CAN 698 00:17:07,230 --> 00:17:08,170 AUCTION OFF THE GUN HE USED TO 699 00:17:08,190 --> 00:17:09,259 KILL TRAYVON MARTIN -- 700 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:11,200 A HORRIFIC STORY, WHICH, BY THE 701 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:12,119 WAY, YOUR SHOW ACTUALLY COVERED 702 00:17:12,140 --> 00:17:13,210 IN THE SEGMENT DIRECTLY BEFORE 703 00:17:13,230 --> 00:17:15,089 THAT ONE. 704 00:17:15,109 --> 00:17:17,019 SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A 705 00:17:17,039 --> 00:17:18,170 PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SHOWING HOW 706 00:17:18,190 --> 00:17:20,000 FUCKED UP THIS COUNTRY CAN BE. 707 00:17:20,019 --> 00:17:20,230 AND IT'S NOT JUST BATHROOM BREAK 708 00:17:20,250 --> 00:17:22,089 ISSUES. 709 00:17:22,109 --> 00:17:23,150 MEATPACKING HAS SOME OF THE 710 00:17:23,170 --> 00:17:24,089 HIGHEST RATES OF OCCUPATIONAL 711 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:25,190 INJURY AND ILLNESS IN THE 712 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:26,130 COUNTRY. 713 00:17:26,150 --> 00:17:28,079 IN FACT, IN A RECENT THREE-YEAR 714 00:17:28,099 --> 00:17:29,220 PERIOD, A WORKER IN THE MEAT AND 715 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,099 POULTRY INDUSTRY LOST A BODY 716 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,009 PART OR WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL 717 00:17:34,029 --> 00:17:35,009 FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT ABOUT 718 00:17:35,029 --> 00:17:36,140 EVERY OTHER DAY. 719 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,069 AND A LOT OF THIS IS DOWN TO 720 00:17:38,089 --> 00:17:40,059 DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS. 721 00:17:40,079 --> 00:17:41,150 PLANTS ARE SO CROWDED, A COMMON 722 00:17:41,170 --> 00:17:43,059 INJURY IS A CUT FROM YOUR 723 00:17:43,079 --> 00:17:44,109 NEIGHBOR'S KNIFE. 724 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:46,230 AND THOSE RAPID LINE SPEEDS CAN 725 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:48,000 EXACERBATE OTHER PROBLEMS, SUCH 726 00:17:48,019 --> 00:17:49,210 AS REPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES, 727 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:51,119 LIKE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. 728 00:17:51,140 --> 00:17:53,049 ALL OF WHICH CAN LEAVE WORKERS 729 00:17:53,069 --> 00:17:55,039 FEELING PRETTY DISPOSABLE. 730 00:17:55,059 --> 00:17:55,269 >> I MEAN, YOU GOT 2,000 HOGS AN 731 00:17:55,289 --> 00:17:57,009 HOUR GOING THROUGH. 732 00:17:57,029 --> 00:17:59,000 >> YOU'RE COVERED WITH BLOOD, 733 00:17:59,019 --> 00:18:00,140 FECES, URINE. 734 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,109 IT'S EASY TO GET HURT DOWN 735 00:18:02,130 --> 00:18:02,170 THERE. 736 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:04,029 >> YOU'RE DOING THAT SAME 737 00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:04,259 MOVEMENT FOR THAT SAME PIECE OF 738 00:18:04,279 --> 00:18:06,059 THE HOG. 739 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:08,000 AND IT'S NONSTOP, YOU KNOW, 740 00:18:08,019 --> 00:18:08,170 BASICALLY YOU'RE TREATED 741 00:18:08,190 --> 00:18:15,140 AS A HUMAN MACHINE. 742 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,029 >> John: LOOK, THAT IS CLEARLY 743 00:18:16,049 --> 00:18:17,029 TERRIBLE. 744 00:18:17,049 --> 00:18:17,250 NOBODY SHOULD BE TREATED 745 00:18:17,269 --> 00:18:18,259 LIKE A MACHINE. 746 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:19,160 UNLESS, OF COURSE, IT'S A FUN 747 00:18:19,180 --> 00:18:20,079 MACHINE LIKE AN IMMERSION 748 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,019 BLENDER! 749 00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:22,059 I'D LOVE TO BE TREATED LIKE 750 00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:23,049 AN IMMERSION BLENDER! 751 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,079 OH, YOU WANT ME TO STAY IN A 752 00:18:24,099 --> 00:18:25,140 COMFY DRAWER MOST OF THE DAY, 753 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,250 AND THEN OCCASIONALLY COME OUT 754 00:18:26,269 --> 00:18:28,019 TO ROBOT-FUCK A SOUP? 755 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:29,069 YES, PLEASE! 756 00:18:29,089 --> 00:18:30,119 AT THIS POINT, YOU MIGHT BE 757 00:18:30,140 --> 00:18:31,240 WONDERING, HOW DO COMPANIES GET 758 00:18:31,259 --> 00:18:32,200 AWAY WITH TREATING THEIR WORKERS 759 00:18:32,220 --> 00:18:33,190 LIKE THIS? 760 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:34,230 WELL, MANY STRATEGICALLY LOCATE 761 00:18:34,250 --> 00:18:35,279 THEIR PLANTS IN AREAS WITH 762 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,079 FEW OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND 763 00:18:37,099 --> 00:18:39,269 TARGET VULNERABLE GROUPS, LIKE 764 00:18:39,289 --> 00:18:41,170 FORMER PRISONERS, REFUGEES, AND, 765 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:42,079 ESPECIALLY, IMMIGRANTS, FOR 766 00:18:42,099 --> 00:18:44,029 HIRING. 767 00:18:44,049 --> 00:18:46,130 ROUGHLY 175,000 IMMIGRANTS WORK 768 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,240 IN MEATPACKING JOBS IN AMERICA, 769 00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:48,140 AND THEY UNDERSTANDABLY 770 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,069 MAY BE WARIER ABOUT COMPLAINING 771 00:18:50,089 --> 00:18:51,069 TO AUTHORITIES ABOUT 772 00:18:51,089 --> 00:18:52,150 MISTREATMENT. 773 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:55,119 SO MANY WORKERS ARE ALREADY 774 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:55,250 OPERATING AT A DEEP 775 00:18:55,269 --> 00:18:56,250 DISADVANTAGE. 776 00:18:56,269 --> 00:18:58,089 ON TOP OF WHICH, COMPANIES 777 00:18:58,109 --> 00:18:59,089 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MINIMIZE 778 00:18:59,109 --> 00:18:59,230 ACCOUNTABILITY BY 779 00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:01,240 GAMING THE SYSTEM. 780 00:19:01,259 --> 00:19:02,289 FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE REQUIRED 781 00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:04,059 TO REPORT SERIOUS INJURIES TO 782 00:19:04,079 --> 00:19:04,269 THE GOVERNMENT'S 783 00:19:04,289 --> 00:19:06,039 WORKER-PROTECTION AGENCY, OSHA. 784 00:19:06,059 --> 00:19:07,009 BUT THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY AROUND 785 00:19:07,029 --> 00:19:08,250 THAT. 786 00:19:08,269 --> 00:19:10,119 BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE 787 00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:12,019 TO REPORT THOSE INJURIES 788 00:19:12,039 --> 00:19:13,140 IF TREATMENT STAYS AT A 789 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,029 FIRST-AID LEVEL. 790 00:19:15,049 --> 00:19:16,180 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS? 791 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,220 WELL, AS A G.A.O. REPORT FOUND, 792 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,240 PLANTS SIMPLY OFFER FIRST AID 793 00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:24,069 TREATMENTS ON SITE RATHER THAN 794 00:19:24,089 --> 00:19:25,119 REFER WORKERS TO A DOCTOR. 795 00:19:25,140 --> 00:19:26,180 THE SAME REPORT FOUND EVEN 796 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,079 WORKERS WITH SEVERE INJURIES 797 00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:30,000 LIKE FRACTURES WEREN'T SENT TO 798 00:19:30,019 --> 00:19:32,000 DOCTORS, WITH ONE WORKER WHO'D 799 00:19:32,019 --> 00:19:33,240 DEVELOPED A MUSCULOSKELETAL 800 00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:34,200 DISORDER MAKING OVER 90 VISITS 801 00:19:34,220 --> 00:19:35,289 TO THE COMPANY'S NURSE BEFORE 802 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,210 BEING REFERRED TO A PHYSICIAN. 803 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:38,240 AND THE WORKERS KNOW THE GAME 804 00:19:38,259 --> 00:19:41,109 THAT'S BEING PLAYED HERE. 805 00:19:41,130 --> 00:19:42,200 >> THERE'S A NURSE, BUT SHE 806 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:44,160 DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. 807 00:19:44,180 --> 00:19:46,009 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN OUR ARMS HURT, 808 00:19:46,029 --> 00:19:48,009 ALL SHE DID WAS APPLY BENGAY 809 00:19:48,029 --> 00:19:50,000 OINTMENT AND SEND US ON OUR WAY. 810 00:19:50,019 --> 00:19:51,240 IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH GOING. 811 00:19:51,259 --> 00:19:52,250 >> I NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR, 812 00:19:52,269 --> 00:19:54,180 BUT THEY REFUSED ME. 813 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,109 AND I ASKED, I TOLD THEM, WELL, 814 00:19:57,130 --> 00:19:58,140 "CAN I GO DOWN TO SEE MY OWN 815 00:19:58,160 --> 00:19:59,049 ORTHOPEDICS, MY OWN SPECIALIST, 816 00:19:59,069 --> 00:20:00,039 MY OWN DOCTOR?" 817 00:20:00,059 --> 00:20:01,079 AND THEY SAID, "IF YOU DO THAT, 818 00:20:01,099 --> 00:20:03,000 WE'RE GONNA FIRE YOU." 819 00:20:03,019 --> 00:20:04,210 >> John: LOOK, THERE ARE LOTS OF 820 00:20:04,230 --> 00:20:05,240 GOOD REASONS TO FIRE SOMEONE -- 821 00:20:05,259 --> 00:20:07,289 FREQUENT ABSENCES, POOR QUALITY 822 00:20:08,009 --> 00:20:08,289 OF WORK, BECAUSE THEY GET 823 00:20:09,009 --> 00:20:11,019 A LITTLE RACISTY ON AMBIEN -- 824 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:12,160 BUT WANTING TO SEE A DOCTOR 825 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:14,259 SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM. 826 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:16,150 AND IT'S WORTH NOTING, IF YOU 827 00:20:16,170 --> 00:20:18,210 DO HAVE A SEVERE INJURY, IT CAN 828 00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:19,279 BE VERY HARD TO GET RELIEF. 829 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,049 IN THEORY, YOU COULD APPLY FOR 830 00:20:21,069 --> 00:20:21,289 WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- 831 00:20:22,009 --> 00:20:22,250 PROGRAMS UNDER WHICH INJURED 832 00:20:22,269 --> 00:20:23,289 WORKERS LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO 833 00:20:24,009 --> 00:20:26,069 SUE, BUT IN EXCHANGE, CAN GET 834 00:20:26,089 --> 00:20:26,259 MONEY TO COVER MEDICAL TREATMENT 835 00:20:26,279 --> 00:20:27,289 AND LOST WAGES. 836 00:20:28,009 --> 00:20:30,069 THE THING IS, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE 837 00:20:30,089 --> 00:20:33,009 RUN AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND PAID 838 00:20:33,029 --> 00:20:34,119 INTO BY COMPANIES WHO'VE LOBBIED 839 00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:36,119 HARD, BOTH TO HOLLOW THOSE 840 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:37,099 BENEFITS OUT AND MAKE THEM 841 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,279 HARDER TO GET. 842 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,069 JUST BEFORE TEXAS OVERHAULED ITS 843 00:20:41,089 --> 00:20:42,099 WORKERS' COMP SYSTEM BACK IN 844 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,259 1989, ONE POULTRY CEO, 845 00:20:44,279 --> 00:20:47,000 BO PILGRIM, TRIED TO PERSONALLY 846 00:20:47,019 --> 00:20:48,289 INFLUENCE PROCEEDINGS, 847 00:20:49,009 --> 00:20:50,130 IN A PRETTY BLATANT WAY. 848 00:20:50,150 --> 00:20:51,240 >> SENATOR BOB GLASGOW OF 849 00:20:51,259 --> 00:20:53,059 STEPHENVILLE SAYS HE'S NEVER 850 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:54,089 BEEN OFFERED A BLANK $10,000 851 00:20:54,109 --> 00:20:57,029 CHECK. 852 00:20:57,049 --> 00:20:58,089 NOT UNTIL EAST TEXAS CHICKEN 853 00:20:58,109 --> 00:20:59,190 KING BO PILGRIM STRUTTED ONTO 854 00:20:59,210 --> 00:21:00,210 THE SENATE FLOOR WEDNESDAY. 855 00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:02,019 >> SENATOR HUGH PARMER OF 856 00:21:02,039 --> 00:21:03,230 FORT WORTH SAYS PILGRIM THEN 857 00:21:03,250 --> 00:21:05,180 SLIPPED HIM EITHER A BRIBE OR AN 858 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,009 ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION. 859 00:21:08,029 --> 00:21:09,059 >> WELL, I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS 860 00:21:09,079 --> 00:21:10,099 TRYING TO GIVE ME A CHRISTMAS 861 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,089 PRESENT, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. 862 00:21:13,109 --> 00:21:15,029 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE HE 863 00:21:15,049 --> 00:21:15,279 WASN'T, BECAUSE CHRISTMAS 864 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:16,160 PRESENTS AREN'T TYPICALLY USED 865 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:17,240 AS BRIBES. 866 00:21:17,259 --> 00:21:19,029 THAT IS UNLESS YOU'RE A CHILD OF 867 00:21:19,049 --> 00:21:19,230 DIVORCE. 868 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:21,190 "HERE IT IS, BILLY! 869 00:21:21,210 --> 00:21:22,160 A FULL-SIZED MOTORCYLE, 870 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:23,250 JUST LIKE YOU ASKED FOR! 871 00:21:23,269 --> 00:21:25,089 I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE IT, AND 872 00:21:25,109 --> 00:21:28,009 IF YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T -- WELL, 873 00:21:28,029 --> 00:21:28,190 THAT IS ON HER! 874 00:21:28,210 --> 00:21:30,079 SHE'S A DIFFICULT WOMAN, BILLY." 875 00:21:30,099 --> 00:21:31,019 AND JUST A QUICK WORD ABOUT 876 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:32,019 BO PILGRIM. 877 00:21:32,039 --> 00:21:33,140 HE COFOUNDED A COMPANY CALLED 878 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,250 PILGRIM'S PRIDE. 879 00:21:34,269 --> 00:21:36,140 AND BLANK CHECKS TO LEGISLATORS 880 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,269 AREN'T EVEN THE MOST SHAMELESS 881 00:21:37,289 --> 00:21:39,000 THING HE SPENT MONEY ON DURING 882 00:21:39,019 --> 00:21:40,009 HIS LIFE. 883 00:21:40,029 --> 00:21:42,170 AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE HAD THIS 884 00:21:42,190 --> 00:21:43,259 37-FOOT BUST OF HIS HEAD 885 00:21:43,279 --> 00:21:44,230 INSTALLED NEXT TO ONE OF HIS 886 00:21:44,250 --> 00:21:46,250 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, AND ADDED 887 00:21:46,269 --> 00:21:48,000 THIS SECOND STATUE UNDERNEATH IT 888 00:21:48,019 --> 00:21:50,029 DEPICTING HIM READING A BIBLE TO 889 00:21:50,049 --> 00:21:51,190 HIS PET CHICKEN, HENRIETTA. 890 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,250 HE ALSO BUILT THIS HELLACIOUS 891 00:21:53,269 --> 00:21:56,029 MANSION, WHICH LOCALS REFERRED 892 00:21:56,049 --> 00:21:57,130 TO AS "CLUCKINGHAM PALACE," AND 893 00:21:57,150 --> 00:21:58,140 WHICH INCLUDED, AMONG OTHER 894 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,130 ATROCITIES, THIS ABSOLUTE 895 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:01,130 NIGHTMARE OF A BATHROOM THAT, 896 00:22:01,150 --> 00:22:03,210 FITTINGLY, HAS THE EXACT COLOR 897 00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:04,279 SCHEME OF A RAW CHICKEN BREAST, 898 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,269 AND THIS NAUSEATING FOYER 899 00:22:07,289 --> 00:22:09,089 FEATURING A PAINTING OF WHAT 900 00:22:09,109 --> 00:22:10,089 APPEARS TO BE TWO PEACOCKS 901 00:22:10,109 --> 00:22:11,250 FUCKING ABOVE SOME CHICKENS 902 00:22:11,269 --> 00:22:14,069 WHILE A PERVERTED OWL JUST 903 00:22:14,089 --> 00:22:16,140 WATCHES. 904 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,029 AND IT WASN'T JUST BO PILGRIM 905 00:22:18,049 --> 00:22:19,279 FIGHTING WORKERS' COMP LAWS. 906 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,109 TYSON HAS TAKEN A LEAD IN 907 00:22:21,130 --> 00:22:22,210 PUSHING FOR CHANGES IN 908 00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:26,150 WORKERS' COMP IN STATE AFTER 909 00:22:26,170 --> 00:22:27,180 STATE, WHICH HAVE MADE IT HARDER 910 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,069 FOR WORKERS HURT ON THE JOB TO 911 00:22:28,089 --> 00:22:29,079 RECEIVE PAYMENTS. 912 00:22:29,099 --> 00:22:30,180 IN FACT, IN TEXAS, IT'S NOW 913 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,259 POSSIBLE FOR COMPANIES TO OPT 914 00:22:32,279 --> 00:22:34,099 OUT OF PAYING INTO WORKERS' COMP 915 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,150 ENTIRELY, AND ESSENTIALLY WRITE 916 00:22:35,170 --> 00:22:36,200 THEIR OWN RULES FOR HOW MUCH 917 00:22:36,220 --> 00:22:39,259 WORKERS GET FOR THEIR INJURIES. 918 00:22:39,279 --> 00:22:41,079 TYSON DOES EXACTLY THAT -- AND 919 00:22:41,099 --> 00:22:44,240 WHEN WORKERS GET INJURED IN 920 00:22:44,259 --> 00:22:47,109 THEIR PLANTS, 921 00:22:47,130 --> 00:22:49,170 IN ORDER TO GET MEDICAL CARE 922 00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:50,180 FROM THE COMPANY, THEY FIRST 923 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,289 HAVE TO SIGN A DOCUMENT 924 00:22:52,009 --> 00:22:53,009 SAYING THEY VOLUNTARILY RELEASE, 925 00:22:53,029 --> 00:22:53,230 WAIVE AND FOREVER GIVE UP CLAIMS 926 00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:59,170 ARISING FROM THEIR INJURIES, 927 00:22:59,190 --> 00:23:01,069 CAN YOU NOT SIGN THAT? 928 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:01,130 SURE. 929 00:23:01,150 --> 00:23:03,109 THEN YOUR BEST BET TO PAY FOR 930 00:23:03,130 --> 00:23:05,079 THE COVERAGES TO SUE THE CURRENT 931 00:23:05,099 --> 00:23:06,269 DOMINANT COMPANY AND THAT CAN 932 00:23:06,289 --> 00:23:07,250 TAKE FUCKING YEARS. 933 00:23:07,269 --> 00:23:08,259 AND WHILE A LAW PASSED A FEW 934 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:09,150 YEARS AGO NOW GIVES WORKERS 935 00:23:09,170 --> 00:23:10,130 TEN DAYS TO CONSIDER SIGNING IT, 936 00:23:10,150 --> 00:23:11,140 BEFORE THEN, THEY COULD BE 937 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,119 PRESSURED ON THE SPOT. 938 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:13,289 AT ANOTHER COMPANY, AN EMPLOYEE 939 00:23:14,009 --> 00:23:15,019 WHO'D HAD BOTH OF HIS HANDS 940 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:15,279 CRUSHED WAS PERSUADED TO SIGN 941 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 A WAIVER WITH A PEN HELD IN HIS 942 00:23:17,019 --> 00:23:20,049 TEETH. 943 00:23:20,069 --> 00:23:21,269 AND LOOK, I KNOW THIS ALL SOUNDS 944 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,240 VERY BAD. 945 00:23:25,259 --> 00:23:27,009 AND IT DOES IMPLY COMPANIES LIKE 946 00:23:27,029 --> 00:23:27,230 TYSON DON'T CARE ABOUT THE 947 00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:28,109 PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF THEIR 948 00:23:28,130 --> 00:23:28,269 WORKERS. 949 00:23:28,289 --> 00:23:30,200 BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT TRUE. 950 00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:32,119 BECAUSE THEY DO SEEM TO CARE 951 00:23:32,140 --> 00:23:34,160 VERY MUCH ABOUT THE PHYSICAL 952 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:35,029 WELL-BEING OF SOME OF THEIR 953 00:23:35,049 --> 00:23:36,019 WORKERS. 954 00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:37,079 >> EMPLOYEES AT TYSON FRESH 955 00:23:37,099 --> 00:23:38,150 MEATS' CORPORATE OFFICES IN 956 00:23:38,170 --> 00:23:39,220 DAKOTA DUNES ARE GETTING OUT 957 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,289 FROM BEHIND THEIR DESKS. 958 00:23:41,009 --> 00:23:42,009 >> ALL RIGHT. 959 00:23:42,029 --> 00:23:43,079 LOOKS GOOD, GUYS. 960 00:23:43,099 --> 00:23:44,240 >> AND INTO A HEALTHY ROUTINE. 961 00:23:44,259 --> 00:23:46,170 >> EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 962 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:47,200 WE OFFER AN ON-SITE FITNESS 963 00:23:47,220 --> 00:23:48,089 CLASS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE WHO WANTS 964 00:23:48,109 --> 00:23:50,039 TO COME. 965 00:23:50,059 --> 00:23:51,019 >> WE FOCUSED ON STRETCHING AT 966 00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:51,279 YOUR DESK. 967 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,019 A LOT OF US SIT AT A DESK A LOT 968 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:55,230 OF TIMES, SO EVEN JUST GETTING 969 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,140 UP AND STRETCHING, JUST THAT 970 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,039 LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT 971 00:23:58,059 --> 00:23:58,220 THROUGHOUT THE DAY HELPS, TOO. 972 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,180 >> WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON 973 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,230 MEDITATION LAST WEEK AND IT WAS 974 00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:03,220 PRETTY GOOD, CLEARING YOUR MIND 975 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,109 AND RELAXING, STUFF YOU CAN DO 976 00:24:04,130 --> 00:24:05,049 AT WORK. 977 00:24:05,069 --> 00:24:06,230 >> John: YOU KNOW WHAT? 978 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:09,170 IT'S TRUE! 979 00:24:09,190 --> 00:24:10,059 MEDITATION IS GREAT FOR CLEARING 980 00:24:10,079 --> 00:24:10,279 YOUR MIND. 981 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:11,250 YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT STILL, 982 00:24:11,269 --> 00:24:13,240 FOCUS ON YOUR BREATH, AND TRY 983 00:24:13,259 --> 00:24:15,119 NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE LOCAL 984 00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:16,019 CAMERA CREW THAT'S FILMING 985 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:16,259 A PIECE ABOUT YOUR CORPORATE 986 00:24:16,279 --> 00:24:18,069 OFFICE CULTURE THAT WILL ONE DAY 987 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:19,289 BE UNCOMFORTABLY JUXTAPOSED WITH 988 00:24:20,009 --> 00:24:20,160 HOW APPALLINGLY YOUR COMPANY 989 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:22,130 TREATS WORKERS IN ITS FACTORIES. 990 00:24:22,150 --> 00:24:25,109 NOW ARE THOSE THOUGHTS GOING TO 991 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:26,009 CREEP INTO YOUR MIND? 992 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:26,259 SURE. 993 00:24:26,279 --> 00:24:27,250 BUT JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, AND 994 00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:29,009 RETURN TO YOUR BREATH. 995 00:24:29,029 --> 00:24:30,009 NAMASTE. 996 00:24:30,029 --> 00:24:31,160 CLEARLY, THE CONTRAST BETWEEN 997 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:32,039 TYSON'S CORPORATE OFFICES AND 998 00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:33,210 THEIR PLANTS IS STARK. 999 00:24:33,230 --> 00:24:35,039 ALMOST AS STARK AS THE DISPARITY 1000 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:36,250 BETWEEN THEIR SALARIED WORKERS, 1001 00:24:36,269 --> 00:24:38,210 OVER 73% OF WHOM ARE WHITE, 1002 00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:40,130 AND THEIR HOURLY WORKERS, OVER 1003 00:24:40,150 --> 00:24:41,039 68% OF WHOM ARE BLACK, ASIAN, OR 1004 00:24:41,059 --> 00:24:42,109 LATINO. 1005 00:24:42,130 --> 00:24:44,000 JUST A FUN FACT I'M THROWING IN 1006 00:24:44,019 --> 00:24:45,210 THERE FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. 1007 00:24:45,230 --> 00:24:47,150 NOW, IDEALLY, YOU'D WANT THE 1008 00:24:47,170 --> 00:24:48,200 GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND REMEDY 1009 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,069 SOME OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. 1010 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,150 UNFORTUNATELY, OSHA IS WOEFULLY 1011 00:24:52,170 --> 00:24:53,240 UNDERSTAFFED. 1012 00:24:53,259 --> 00:24:55,190 AS OF LAST APRIL, ITS NUMBER OF 1013 00:24:55,210 --> 00:24:56,099 INSPECTORS HAD DROPPED TO A 1014 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,130 45-YEAR LOW. 1015 00:24:57,150 --> 00:24:59,049 IN FACT, AT CURRENT STAFFING 1016 00:24:59,069 --> 00:25:01,150 LEVELS, IT WOULD TAKE OSHA 1017 00:25:01,170 --> 00:25:03,210 165 YEARS TO INSPECT EVERY 1018 00:25:03,230 --> 00:25:04,089 WORKPLACE UNDER ITS 1019 00:25:04,109 --> 00:25:05,240 JURISDICTION. 1020 00:25:05,259 --> 00:25:09,029 AND EVEN ON THE RARE OCCASIONS 1021 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:10,230 THAT INSPECTORS DO VISIT PLANTS, 1022 00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:14,029 THE LIMITS TO WHAT THEY'RE 1023 00:25:14,049 --> 00:25:15,069 ALLOWED TO DO THERE CAN BE 1024 00:25:15,089 --> 00:25:16,029 GENUINELY RIDICULOUS. 1025 00:25:16,049 --> 00:25:17,289 >> IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE A 1026 00:25:18,009 --> 00:25:19,200 HUGE PROPORTION OF THE POULTRY 1027 00:25:19,220 --> 00:25:21,269 INDUSTRY RESIDES, THERE IS 1028 00:25:21,289 --> 00:25:24,019 ACTUALLY A LAWSUIT THAT HAS 1029 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,230 SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED OSHA 1030 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:28,250 INSPECTORS FROM DOING BROADER 1031 00:25:28,269 --> 00:25:30,170 SEARCHES IN POULTRY FACTORIES, 1032 00:25:30,190 --> 00:25:31,240 EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW WORKERS ARE 1033 00:25:31,259 --> 00:25:34,109 GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED. 1034 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:36,079 IN ONE CASE, AN INSPECTOR WAS 1035 00:25:36,099 --> 00:25:38,180 TOLD TO PUT A BOX OVER HER HEAD 1036 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,029 SO SHE WOULDN'T SEE ANY SAFETY 1037 00:25:40,049 --> 00:25:41,150 HAZARDS IN THE PLANT IF SHE 1038 00:25:41,170 --> 00:25:43,279 WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE PLANT 1039 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,059 TO INVESTIGATE A FIRE. 1040 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:48,009 >> John: OKAY, NOT TO STATE THE 1041 00:25:48,029 --> 00:25:50,069 OBVIOUS, BUT "PUT A BOX ON YOUR 1042 00:25:50,089 --> 00:25:51,250 HEAD" IS NOT AN INSTRUCTION YOU 1043 00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:52,119 GIVE WHEN EVERYTHING'S UP TO 1044 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:54,019 CODE. 1045 00:25:54,039 --> 00:25:55,089 IT'S JUST INHERENTLY SUSPICIOUS. 1046 00:25:55,109 --> 00:25:56,160 "RIGHT THIS WAY, INSPECTOR, NOW 1047 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:58,079 IF YOU'LL ALSO PLEASE PLUG YOUR 1048 00:25:58,099 --> 00:25:59,039 NOSE, AND SPIN AROUND THREE 1049 00:25:59,059 --> 00:26:01,119 TIMES, WE CAN BEGIN THE TOUR." 1050 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:03,069 AND EVEN WHEN OSHA FINDS 1051 00:26:03,089 --> 00:26:04,269 VIOLATIONS, THEIR POWER TO DO 1052 00:26:04,289 --> 00:26:06,259 ANYTHING IS INCREDIBLY WEAK. 1053 00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:08,210 IN 2019, THE AVERAGE FINE FOR A 1054 00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:10,130 SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATION -- A 1055 00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:11,269 HAZARD WHERE THERE IS A 1056 00:26:11,289 --> 00:26:13,240 SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY OF DEATH 1057 00:26:13,259 --> 00:26:17,180 OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM -- WAS 1058 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,160 JUST OVER $3700, MEANING IT CAN 1059 00:26:19,180 --> 00:26:20,140 BE GENUINELY CHEAPER FOR 1060 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,220 COMPANIES TO RUN AN UNSAFE PLANT 1061 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,009 AND OCCASIONALLY PAY THOSE FINES 1062 00:26:23,029 --> 00:26:24,109 THAN FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A SAFE 1063 00:26:24,130 --> 00:26:26,150 WORK ENVIRONMENT. 1064 00:26:26,170 --> 00:26:27,170 AND ALL OF THIS CAME TO A HEAD 1065 00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:30,059 LAST YEAR WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. 1066 00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:31,279 COMPANIES' CORPORATE WORKERS 1067 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:32,160 IMMEDIATELY WORKED FROM HOME, 1068 00:26:32,180 --> 00:26:33,190 BECAUSE IT WASN'T SAFE FOR THEM 1069 00:26:33,210 --> 00:26:35,269 TO BE IN THE OFFICE, BUT THE 1070 00:26:35,289 --> 00:26:37,069 PLANTS WERE KEPT OPEN, DESPITE 1071 00:26:37,089 --> 00:26:39,069 THE FACT -- AS YOU'VE SEEN -- 1072 00:26:39,089 --> 00:26:40,029 IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO 1073 00:26:40,049 --> 00:26:42,079 SOCIALLY DISTANCE ON A LINE. 1074 00:26:42,099 --> 00:26:44,130 AND WHEN WORKERS, ENTIRELY 1075 00:26:44,150 --> 00:26:46,140 PREDICTABLY, THEN STARTED DYING, 1076 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,220 THE FEDERAL RESPONSE WAS 1077 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,170 CHARACTERISTICALLY WEAK. 1078 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:50,220 AFTER SIX WORKERS FROM A 1079 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,099 JBS PLANT IN COLORADO DIED FROM 1080 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,019 COVID, THE COMPANY'S TOTAL FINE 1081 00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:56,180 WAS JUST $15,000. 1082 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,069 AND FOR THE FAMILY OF 1083 00:26:58,089 --> 00:26:59,230 SAUL SANCHEZ, ONE OF THOSE 1084 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,170 WORKERS, IT UNDERSTANDABLY 1085 00:27:01,190 --> 00:27:03,039 DIDN'T SIT WELL. 1086 00:27:03,059 --> 00:27:04,259 >> SAUL SANCHEZ WORKED FOR THE 1087 00:27:04,279 --> 00:27:06,269 COMPANY FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES 1088 00:27:06,289 --> 00:27:07,220 AND NEVER CALLED IN SICK A 1089 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,089 SINGLE TIME. 1090 00:27:09,109 --> 00:27:11,069 HE WAS THE FIRST JBS WORKER TO 1091 00:27:11,089 --> 00:27:13,180 DIE OF COVID-19 AND HIS FAMILY 1092 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,170 SAYS HIS FUNERAL COSTS MORE THAN 1093 00:27:14,190 --> 00:27:15,099 THE FINE THIS COMPANY'S NOW 1094 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,170 FACING. 1095 00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:18,250 >> IT'S A HUGE SLAP ON THE FACE 1096 00:27:18,269 --> 00:27:20,250 AND THEY BRING IN OVER 1097 00:27:20,269 --> 00:27:23,099 $50 BILLION A YEAR AND THEY GET 1098 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:24,269 SLAPPED WITH $15,000. 1099 00:27:24,289 --> 00:27:26,160 THAT'S WHAT ENABLES THOSE 1100 00:27:26,180 --> 00:27:27,069 COMPANIES TO NOT CARE FOR THEIR 1101 00:27:27,089 --> 00:27:29,150 EMPLOYEES. 1102 00:27:29,170 --> 00:27:37,170 >> John: YEAH, EXACTLY. 1103 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:38,200 THAT FINE AMOUNTS TO .00003% OF 1104 00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:39,289 JBS'S PROFITS LAST YEAR. 1105 00:27:40,009 --> 00:27:41,000 AND IF YOU FINE A COMPANY A 1106 00:27:41,019 --> 00:27:42,089 FRACTION OF A PERCENT OF THEIR 1107 00:27:42,109 --> 00:27:43,019 PROFITS, DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN 1108 00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:44,019 THEY CONTINUE GIVING ONLY A 1109 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:45,079 FRACTION OF A FUCK ABOUT THE 1110 00:27:45,099 --> 00:27:49,000 WELFARE OF THEIR WORKERS. 1111 00:27:49,019 --> 00:27:51,079 NOW, LEGALLY, I HAVE TO TELL 1112 00:27:51,099 --> 00:27:52,150 YOU: JBS CLAIMS THAT THAT FINE, 1113 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,160 AND THE GOVERNMENT'S FINDING 1114 00:27:54,180 --> 00:27:55,250 THAT THEY FAILED TO PROTECT 1115 00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:56,150 THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM EXPOSURE TO 1116 00:27:56,170 --> 00:27:59,140 COVID, IS ENTIRELY WITHOUT 1117 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,109 MERIT. 1118 00:28:01,130 --> 00:28:02,170 NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ARE EVEN 1119 00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:03,059 FIGHTING THE CLAIMS FOR WORKERS' 1120 00:28:03,079 --> 00:28:03,289 COMP SURVIVOR BENEFITS FROM 1121 00:28:04,009 --> 00:28:04,269 SAUL SANCHEZ'S WIDOW, AND OTHERS 1122 00:28:04,289 --> 00:28:05,220 WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES, THEIR 1123 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,019 ARGUMENT BEING THAT THE COVID 1124 00:28:07,039 --> 00:28:07,190 INFECTIONS WERE NOT WORK 1125 00:28:07,210 --> 00:28:12,109 RELATED. 1126 00:28:12,130 --> 00:28:15,250 ALTHOUGH, TO BE HONEST, 1127 00:28:15,269 --> 00:28:16,190 THAT'S A HARD ARGUMENT FOR THEM 1128 00:28:16,210 --> 00:28:17,119 TO LAND, GIVEN THAT THE OUTBREAK 1129 00:28:17,140 --> 00:28:20,009 GOT SO BAD THERE, AT ONE POINT, 1130 00:28:20,029 --> 00:28:21,069 THEY HAD TO SHUT THE FUCKING 1131 00:28:21,089 --> 00:28:21,279 PLANT DOWN. 1132 00:28:22,009 --> 00:28:22,279 SO WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? 1133 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:23,230 WELL, AT LEAST FOR THE DURATION 1134 00:28:23,250 --> 00:28:24,230 OF THE PANDEMIC, OSHA SHOULD 1135 00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:25,210 IMPLEMENT A FEDERAL EMERGENCY 1136 00:28:25,230 --> 00:28:26,200 WORKPLACE STANDARD, GIVING 1137 00:28:26,220 --> 00:28:27,170 MEATPACKING WORKERS THE RIGHT TO 1138 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:28,140 SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OTHER 1139 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,259 PROTECTIONS. 1140 00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:31,180 LONGER-TERM, THAT AGENCY NEEDS 1141 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,279 TO BE REBUILT AND STRENGTHENED. 1142 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,009 AND IT CAN'T STOP THERE. 1143 00:28:35,029 --> 00:28:37,160 THE USDA SHOULD DO MORE TO 1144 00:28:37,180 --> 00:28:39,240 ENSURE LINES MOVE AT SAFE SPEEDS 1145 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:40,210 AND WHEN IT COMES TO 1146 00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:42,069 WORKERS' COMP, WE SHOULD BE 1147 00:28:42,089 --> 00:28:43,109 SETTING A BASELINE FOR WHAT 1148 00:28:43,130 --> 00:28:44,119 STATES HAVE TO OFFER, BECAUSE 1149 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:46,019 OTHERWISE, THE RACE TO THE 1150 00:28:46,039 --> 00:28:48,140 BOTTOM WILL JUST CONTINUE. 1151 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,109 AND ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE DONE 1152 00:28:49,130 --> 00:28:49,289 QUICKLY. 1153 00:28:50,009 --> 00:28:50,269 BECAUSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL 1154 00:28:50,289 --> 00:28:51,119 RIGHT NOW. 1155 00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:52,089 REMEMBER THAT TYSON PLANT WITH 1156 00:28:52,109 --> 00:28:53,170 THE "WINNER-TAKE-ALL" BETTING 1157 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:54,180 POOL? 1158 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,109 AS OF MID-DECEMBER, MORE THAN 1159 00:28:56,130 --> 00:28:59,069 1500 EMPLOYEES THERE CONTRACTED 1160 00:28:59,089 --> 00:29:01,119 THE VIRUS, AND EIGHT DIED, SO IF 1161 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:04,039 TYSON TRULY IS A "FAMILY" LIKE 1162 00:29:04,059 --> 00:29:05,190 THEY LOVE TO CLAIM, IT SEEMS TO 1163 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:06,200 BE A PRETTY FUCKING 1164 00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:10,150 DYSFUNCTIONAL ONE. 1165 00:29:10,170 --> 00:29:13,029 AND WHEN YOU TAKE THIS ALL OF 1166 00:29:13,049 --> 00:29:14,200 THIS TOGETHER -- THE DIAPERS, 1167 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:15,130 THE ENDLESS TRIPS TO THE NURSING 1168 00:29:15,150 --> 00:29:16,059 STATION, THE INJURIES AND DEATHS 1169 00:29:16,079 --> 00:29:17,069 -- YOU FRANKLY ONLY NEED TO TAKE 1170 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:18,029 A PEEK INSIDE THE WAY THIS 1171 00:29:18,049 --> 00:29:19,250 INDUSTRY CURRENTLY OPERATES TO 1172 00:29:19,269 --> 00:29:21,009 DRAW A PRETTY SIMPLE CONCLUSION. 1173 00:29:21,029 --> 00:29:28,089 >> THAT IS DISGUSTING. 1174 00:29:28,109 --> 00:29:29,250 >> John: YEAH, IT IS. 1175 00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:30,220 IT REALLY IS. 1176 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,009 AND NOW THIS. 1177 00:29:34,029 --> 00:29:34,190 AND NOW THIS. 1178 00:29:34,210 --> 00:29:35,019 ♪ ♪ 1179 00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:37,210 >> Announcer: AND NOW, WORKING 1180 00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:38,119 REMOTELY FOR "THE 1181 00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:39,220 PEOPLE'S COURT" SUCKS TOO. 1182 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,029 >> WE AT THE "THE 1183 00:29:41,049 --> 00:29:41,230 PEOPLE'S COURT" WILL BE 1184 00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:43,019 ADJUDICATING CASES RIGHT HERE 1185 00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:44,170 FROM OUR VERY OWN VIRTUAL 1186 00:29:44,190 --> 00:29:45,160 COURTROOM. 1187 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:46,190 >> GENTLEMEN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1188 00:29:46,210 --> 00:29:49,029 >> THERE IS NO SMOKING IN COURT. 1189 00:29:49,049 --> 00:29:50,200 >> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU COULD 1190 00:29:50,220 --> 00:29:50,250 SEE. 1191 00:29:50,269 --> 00:29:54,059 >> I'M SORRY, CAN I JUST ASK 1192 00:29:54,079 --> 00:29:55,220 YOU, THE STUFFED ANIMAL THAT IS 1193 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,079 IN YOUR HAND? 1194 00:29:56,099 --> 00:29:58,180 >> I WILL PUT IT DOWN. 1195 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,009 IT BELONGS TO MY NEPHEW. 1196 00:30:00,029 --> 00:30:01,200 >> THE END TABLE IS THE ONE THAT 1197 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:03,000 HAD -- YOU KNOW I CAN SEE YOU 1198 00:30:03,019 --> 00:30:06,029 WHEN YOU ROLL YOUR EYES AT YOU? 1199 00:30:06,049 --> 00:30:07,259 >> PLEASE BRING IT VERY CLOSE TO 1200 00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:10,009 ME SO THAT I CAN READ IT. 1201 00:30:10,029 --> 00:30:10,160 BECAUSE THE PICTURE YOU 1202 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:14,109 SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE -- OKAY. 1203 00:30:14,130 --> 00:30:16,039 >> MY BATTERY IS GOING LOW. 1204 00:30:16,059 --> 00:30:17,119 >> TAKE A SECOND AND PUT A 1205 00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:18,039 CHARGER. 1206 00:30:18,059 --> 00:30:20,079 I DON'T WANT TO END UP LOSING 1207 00:30:20,099 --> 00:30:20,230 YOUR TESTIMONY. 1208 00:30:20,250 --> 00:30:21,259 >> I CAN'T DO IT BUT I'M HAPPY 1209 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:25,200 TO GO INTO THE KITCHEN. 1210 00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:29,009 >> DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY DOGS? 1211 00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:29,269 >> NO, I JUST WANT TO SEE THE 1212 00:30:29,289 --> 00:30:30,069 TABLE. 1213 00:30:30,089 --> 00:30:32,009 >> IS THERE SOME PROBLEM, 1214 00:30:32,029 --> 00:30:33,130 GENTLEMEN? 1215 00:30:33,150 --> 00:30:34,190 CAN YOU LIFT YOUR HEAD? 1216 00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:37,029 >> WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE YOUR HAND 1217 00:30:37,049 --> 00:30:37,150 AT YOUR EARPHONE? 1218 00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:38,210 YOU CAN'T LIFT BOTH HANDS 1219 00:30:38,230 --> 00:30:39,089 BECAUSE YOU NEED ONE HAND TO 1220 00:30:39,109 --> 00:30:40,109 BRING THAT UP TO THE CAMERA SO 1221 00:30:40,130 --> 00:30:47,220 THAT I CAN READ IT. 1222 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:47,279 OKAY. 1223 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,089 ♪ ♪ 1224 00:30:48,109 --> 00:30:49,269 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1225 00:30:49,289 --> 00:30:50,269 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1226 00:30:50,289 --> 00:30:53,180 WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1227 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:53,269 GOOD NIGHT. 1228 00:30:53,289 --> 00:30:56,039 ♪ ♪ 1229 00:30:56,059 --> 00:30:57,059 [SCREAMING]